diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/lookup_rabbitmq-is_closing-bug.yml b/changelogs/fragments/lookup_rabbitmq-is_closing-bug.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..57eac0175fe651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/lookup_rabbitmq-is_closing-bug.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - rabbitmq lookup plugin - Fix for rabbitmq lookups failing when using pika v1.0.0 and newer.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/rabbitmq.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/rabbitmq.py
index 2596359c9b3eaa..7c2745f41dd18b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/rabbitmq.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/rabbitmq.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def run(self, terms, variables=None, url=None, queue=None, count=None):
             else:
                 break
 
-        if connection.is_closing or connection.is_closed:
+        if connection.is_closed:
             return [ret]
         else:
             try: